BBC Breakfast Woodland

The National Forest is the first new forest to be created in England for 1,000 years, transforming 200 square miles of the Midlands across parts of Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Staffordshire. As part of our 25th anniversary celebrations we have teamed up with BBC Breakfast to plant 2,000 trees in The National Forest. The first 1,000 are being planted by local schoolchildren on behalf of viewers at Ratby in Leicestershire, to create the BBC Breakfast Woodland. The wood will not only enhance the landscape and provide new habitats for wildlife, but will create a place for people to enjoy and a learning space for local school children.

If you have been inspired by our work in The National Forest and would like to help extend this wood and create new ones with us, you can purchase a tree through our Plant a Tree Scheme and be part of creating The National Forest.